1st Brug from Brugcrazy

Hi Jeanne - are you still out there?
Hello DG Brug Experts, - In March 7, 2005 - I received some Brug seeds from Bruscrazy (DG name) At that time I was big into gardening having many gardens (my info still on DG - lol) but have sense sold alot of the property. I have been "nurturing " the plant(s) from the seeds Brugcrazy sent me - almost 5 years ago now - and FINALLY to my total surprise the attached pictures greeted me on Saturday....and felt I needed to search my donor out or at least send an email to you fantastic people who know so much about these amazing plants. As per my agreement I am sending a pic and maybe someone can help me identify the cultivar? Happy to be back at DG.
Joanne
Original post Mar.05 stated : Peach sanguinea x red sanguinea,.. Soak the seeds overnight then carefully peel them. Just press them into the dirt. Put on heat mat or in sunny window. Good luck.

Another View - Now what can I expect? Jo

Congratulations!!! Jo, it's been some time since I've seen a post by Brugcrazy, but maybe I can answer you question. You have a cross between 2 colors of the species B. sanguinea. Right now your Brug is called a noid — no identity — to avoid confusion. It is not registered so it doesn't have a cultivar name. ...but it doesn't have to have a name to be enjoyed. You have succeeded where many of us that love sangs have failed to keep one alive in our climates. Enjoy! And keep the photos coming.

it's beautiful! That color combination appleas to me.

MollyD

Thay is lovely, my favorite color too *S*

Doris

Very pretty!
She looks like a happy plant!

Karen

What a Beautiful Brug, I just love the color of the Bloom, Congratulations

Elizabeth

Thank you all for all the positive comments on my 1st Brug (or not :)). It is "quietly" pretty and I love the colour too! I kept it year after year because I loved the leaves, and just kept hoping that I would eventually get a flower. I've pinched the tips over the years , but not knowing what a Brug bud looked like, thought that was a bit dangerous. It's quite lanky, about 5' tall but 4' of that stock only, and it cannot support itself. Any suggestions on how I should go forward to keep it alive and blooming ?
Thanks again. Jo

One More

I'd like to suggest you purchase or borrow the following book from the library: Preissel and Preissel's Brugmansia and Datura, Angel's Trumpets and Thorn Apples. It provides an understanding of how Brugs grow. Brugs have two types of growth — vegetative growth and flowering growth. Each species and cultivar must undergo a certain amount of vegetative growth. That amount is controled genetically. Only then will it produce a "Y" and start producing flowering growth. Brugs are normally lanky in growth. Pinching the tips on Brugs forces the plant to start the vegetative growth over again. So you'd be delaying the flowering stage.

Over time the plant will produce more side shoots as well as new shoots coming up from the ground. This will make it look bushier. To support the branches, try driving a stake next to the main trunk. If it has multiple trunks, use several stakes and tie the branches to the stakes.

Once the plant has produced its first "Y", it will continue to produce more "Y"s. Every time it produces them, it will also produce flower buds near the base of the "Y" and the new leaves. Keep the Brug fertilized. Indoors, use a dilute solution. Once you have it outside, feed it a full strength complete fertilizer like Miracle Grow at least twice a week.

Sanguineas produce little nodules along their roots. Brugs that produce those nodes are almost impossible to propagate by cuttings. So that means you can't do what is possible with other Brug species and cultivars. With other Brugs you can cut and root sections above the "Y" for a shorter plant.

Bettydee, I want to mention that different growers have very different results with their particular propagating efforts. I get pretty much 90% take on nearly soft, green tips, 3" to 4" length of semi-hard but still green stem, of B. sanguinea.

Just to say, if you have enough plant to cut from, I'd expect to be able to root cuttings pretty successfully from a sanguinea.

shushinggrasses,
Thank you for that information on your success. Perhaps you would be willing to share the information. We do have a few DG member who grow them successfully. I got the information on propagation from several sources. I can't get my sang plants much beyond the 1 foot stage. They usually die by the end of May. The Texas heat is too much for them.

Yes, bettydee, you've got that cruel heat, it just offends the sanguineas to death. I'm in a milder climate in southern California, it's easier on plants and people alike.

You said "willing to share the information", was there something in particular you wanted to know?

No, not unless I can talk my DH into moving back to the Bay Area. I was asking if you would be willing to share the method you used to get the cuttings to root. Any photos of what you did, especially of the cuttings themselves. So that those who can grow them will know what to do.

Sorry, no photos. I just did the usual, kind of careless, half-peat, half-perlite mix, some in band pots, some in a 72 count prop tray, dusted ends with rooting hormone, stuck them, kicked them under a table in the prop house, sort of remembered to mist them once or twice most days, forgot them now and then, checked and found most had started roots within two to three weeks, despite being, well, neglected unbelievably.

This was last summer, maybe July? Shifted them maybe two months after sticking. Just so easy it was funny.

Bettydee
Thank you so much for the info and the book names. Marvelous! I am chuckling as I wirte this as you must cringe when you see a post like mine every so often - but I think you are more likely just a very dear Brug lover and cannot see us "newbie's " go on being ingorant forever...., much appreicated.
Joanne

Great advice given above :-)
I live in the UK and our climate is perfect for the Sphaerocarpium group.
I can root Sangs. quite easly using the compost/perlite technique mentioned above.
For the difficult to root (Flavas / Vulcans) Cvs from this group a couple of UK growers have discovered 'Root Riots' and we have all been having great success with them.

Good Luck, its a healthy good coloured Sang.
Alan

I found them through Amazon third party. Shipping will kill you because it comes from a third party.
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrodynamics-Root-Riot-Tray-pack/dp/B002OKMCFU

Hi Joanne, Nice to meet A New-Brunswick'er here. So nice to see you have succeeded with the Sanguinea. It's very lovely. Congratulation.
I've started with brugs, a few years ago too. I love them so much, and learned a lot of things here. Like, how to overwinter them, so I won't have a lot of plants to look after, during the winter months. I'm about to restart them for the Summer. I've cut them down last fall, and put them in a bucket to root them. they're in my basement at the moment.